A series of dramatic upheavals unfolded on the western battlefield of the Land of Wind over the course of a single day and night, leaving the leaders of every nation who had been closely watching utterly dazzled.
Whether it was Skywalker's seemingly divine stroke of dropping reinforcements from the sky to kill with a borrowed blade, or Kirigakure's unexpected change of direction and desperate breakout in a bid to survive, both sides left people astonished. Their tactics and schemes were of the highest caliber; anyone else would have had to admit they could not have pulled them off.
Though both sides' responses were admirable, anyone could see that Konoha had firmly gained the upper hand, while Kirigakure's choice was a gamble born of desperation, filled with enormous uncertainty.
Yet their clash of wits and courage only made the war more unpredictable. Would Kirigakure defeat the Land of Wind first and throw Konoha's rear into chaos, or would Konoha's reinforcements arrive in time and wipe out Kirigakure's expeditionary force far from home?
Over the following days, although Sunagakure pursued and intercepted them with all its strength, it was never able to effectively stop the Mist Ninja, who had staked everything on this assault. The two sides remained locked together in fierce combat, leaving countless corpses in their wake, yet Kirigakure's Shinobi Army continued to advance resolutely toward the heart of the Land of Wind. The civilians living in Sunagakure and the capital lived in constant fear every day. Many nobles and wealthy people had already prepared to flee, only to quickly discover that they had nowhere to go. Under the Mist Ninja's frenzied offensive, it seemed there was no safe place left in the entire Land of Wind.
After realizing that they could not halt the Mist Ninja's advance, Sunagakure finally